打掉了牙往肚子里咽,苦不堪言打掉了牙往肚子里嚥,苦不堪言打掉了牙往肚子里嚥,苦不堪言

teeth knocked out and swallowed: bitterness beyond words

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: A variant of the usual form: suffering a loss or wrong that you must endure in silence.

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Simplified: 打掉了牙往肚子里咽,苦不堪言
Traditional (Taiwan): 打掉了牙往肚子里嚥,苦不堪言
Pinyin: dǎdiàole yá wǎng dǔzi lǐ yàn,kǔbùkānyán
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄚˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˋ,ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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